The world’s largest email service just initiated step one in a larger plan to secure Google as your favorite AI platform.

The aim is to transform Gmail from a traditional inbox into what Google describes as a “personal, proactive inbox assistant.”

Gmail's new feature will soon organize important emails into to-dos and topics, so you don't miss anything important.

AI Overviews first appeared in Gmail last year to summarize email chains, and now it’s expanding to Gmail search. This is closer to the AI Overview experience to which you are accustomed in Google’s web search. You can enter a natural language search, and the robot churns through your messages to generate a response.

A task has a due date and a sense of progression. It can be marked complete; an email cannot. By turning emails into tasks, you don't just reorganize your inbox; you also convert your intent into an actionable structure. The approach also scales well. Be it a handful of emails a day or a hundred, the process remains the same.

If you’re a Gmail user, you’ve most likely been using the Gmail app or the stock Mail app on your iPhone or Android device. However, Google’s Inbox email app is available to the public now, and here’s how it compares to the company’s Gmail app.

If you've used the same email address for a while, you know how easy it is to accumulate an overwhelming number of messages. When your unread message badge count numbers in the hundreds or even thousands, notifications cease to be effective, and you need ...

The most broadly available tool will be a “Help Me Write” option designed to learn a user’s writing style so it can personalize emails and make real-time suggestions on how to burnish the message.